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This article appears in the 14 Aug 2019 issue of the New Statesman, The age of conspiracy
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Could the placebo effect work in surgery? When a doctor wanted to investigate – by opening patients up but not operating – some said it was criminal. But the resulting study has shaken the medical world
This article appears in the 14 Aug 2019 issue of the New Statesman, The age of conspiracy